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OBJECTIVE: To investigate insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes (T1DM) with euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp. METHODS: Eight cases of newly diagnosed T1DM and 8 cases of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (T2DM) were selected. Their insulin sensitivity index (ISI) was evaluated with euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp after 2 week insulin intensive treatment and compared with that of 10 healthy volunteers (normal control group, NC group). RESULTS: Age, BMI, fasting insulin (FIns), fasting C-peptide in the T1DM group were significantly lower than those in the NC group, while waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C were not significantly different between the T1DM and NC groups. Age, BMI, WHR, FIns, fasting C-peptide, SBP, TC, TG in the T1DM group were significantly lower than those in the T2DM group. The ISI of the NC, T1DM and T2DM groups were 12. 83 +/- 1.09, 9.95 +/-0.50, 3.80 +/- 0.20, respectively. There was significant difference among the three groups (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: The ISI in T1DM was significantly lower than that in NC group, but higher than that in T2DM.